Which states are farthest south?
Minnesota
Farthest Points in the Lower 48 States The northernmost state is Minnesota at Angle Inlet (49 degrees 23 minutes north.) The westernmost state is Washington at Cape Alava (124 degrees 44 minutes west.) The southernmost state is Florida, marked by a buoy in Key West (24 degrees 32 minutes north.)
The Answer: The westernmost point is Cape Wrangell, Alaska, which is 3,625 miles west of center.
Alaska
Farthest Points in the Entire U.S. Here’s an interesting bit of trivia: Alaska is the state that is the farthest north, east, and west. The reason Alaska can be considered the farthest both east and west is that the Aleutian Islands cross the 180-degree meridian of longitude.
What are the farthest two points in the US?
Greatest distance between any two mainland points in the contiguous 48 states (linear distance): 2,892 miles (4,654 km), from Point Arena, California, to West Quoddy Head, Maine. Greatest east–west distance in U.S. territory [?]: 5,823 miles (9,371 km), from Kure Atoll, Hawaii, to Riviera Beach, Florida.
As the question pertains to the entirety of the United States of America, the answer to the question — what state is the farthest south in the USA — is Hawaii. Located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, at coordinates 21º 18′ N, 157º 51′ W, the newest of the…
Extreme Points of the United States (50 States)
